Why is publish_stream not listed in extended permi

Question

I was wondering why is there no publish_stream permission on this or any other permission reference pages.

Is it a documentation bug or something fishy going on? It's still mentioned here and there, but not in any of the overviews (which seem to refer only to publish_actions permission). What's the deal?

Answer 1

Looks like they were phasing this permission out, but didn't update their documentation for some time. Now it states the following:

Facebook used to have a permission called publish_stream. publish_actions replaces it in all cases. This permission also replaces photo_upload.

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-login/permissions/v2.0#reference-extended-publish

Answer 2

I don't think it's been deprecated, just a recommended permission. If you want to publish on friend's timeline, you still need publish_stream.

Answer 3

I believe it has been replaced with publish_actions.

https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2012/04/25/streamlining-publish_stream-and-publish_actions-permissions/